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id: creating-tests-kafka
title: Creating Tests - Kafka
description: Tracetest enables creating tests visually in the Tracetest Web UI.
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[Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) is a distributed streaming platform designed to handle large volumes of real-time data. It provides durability, fault tolerance, and horizontal scalability, making it a popular option for building event-driven architectures.

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Click the Kafka option to continue:

![Choose Trigger](../img/choose-trigger-0.16.png)

In this example, a Kafka Request has been chosen.

![Choose Example](../img/choose-example-kafka-0.16.png)

Input the **Name** and **Trigger** details or select one of the example provided in the drop down:

![Choose Example Pokemon](../img/choose-example-pokemon-kafka-0.16.png)

The **Pokeshop - Import from Stream** example has been chosen.

Add any additional information and click **Run**:

![Create Test](../img/provide-addl-information-kafka-0.16.png)

When the test is finished, you will get the following results:

![Finished Trace](../img/finished-trace-kafka-0.16.png)

Please visit the [Test Results](../web-ui/test-results.mdx) document for an explanation of viewing the results of a test.

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